SAGIS grain data

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	official statistical series
Producer	South African Grain Information Service
Coverage	1936-2012
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Agricultural policy, productivity, farm size and land reform	2
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control	1
Data reliability and econometric method	1
Origins, coherence and ideology of apartheid and Afrikaner nationalism	1
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement	1
Living standards, health and social policy	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Author not named in text (MSc candidate (2012)	SAGIS (South African Grain Information Services) wheat database (2012)	1936-2011	Source of wheat consumption, production, imports and area harvested used for surplus/shortfall calculations and import trends.
Kirsten et al. (2007)	South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS) data	various, esp. 2000-05	Used to adjust production data, derive wheat export parity quality adjustment, and supply freight and discharging costs.